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Trump's Grandfather Came To The US As An Unaccompanied Minor. His Story
The packed steamship S.S. Eider arrived in New York City's Castle Garden, the country's first immigration center, on Oct. 17, 1885. Hundreds of would-be Americans from Germany had traveled for 10 days across the North Atlantic to their new home. Among them was a skinny, light-haired 16-year-old who had left his home town, a small winemaking village...
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Newly Unearthed Letter Shows How Trump's Grandfather Begged To Stay In Germany
A letter publicized this week by the German tabloid Bild reveals how Donald Trump's grandfather Friedrich Trump begged local authorities in southern Germany to revoke an expulsion order for avoiding military service as a teenager. His plea, it seems, proved unsuccessful, and Trump had to settle for a life across the Atlantic.
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Trump's Grandfather Came To The US As An Unaccompanied Minor. His Story
The packed steamship S.S. Eider arrived in New York City's Castle Garden, the country's first immigration center, on Oct. 17, 1885. Hundreds of would-be Americans from Germany had traveled for 10 days across the North Atlantic to their new home. Among them was a skinny, light-haired 16-year-old who had left his home town, a small winemaking village...
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Newly Unearthed Letter Shows How Trump's Grandfather Begged To Stay In Germany
A letter publicized this week by the German tabloid Bild reveals how Donald Trump's grandfather Friedrich Trump begged local authorities in southern Germany to revoke an expulsion order for avoiding military service as a teenager. His plea, it seems, proved unsuccessful, and Trump had to settle for a life across the Atlantic.
